Smartlink Subsystems

The smartgun link system breaks down into four component: and I/O device (typically a subdermal palm induction pad that syncs with the smartgun’s system), and eye display, a ballistics processor, and a limited simsense rig (for body posture/gun position sensing). Some users may not want the whole package. For example, a user with an image link doesn’t need the eye display, he just needs to connect his existing Cyberware to the smartlink system. Some users may wish to avoid the palm pads (detectable by touch), preferring to jack a smartlinked gun through a Datajack instead.

Two accessories for the smartlink system are available:

- Range Finder: This accessory indicates the current range to the target or whatever the smartgun is pointed at. The distance is listed under the smartlink’s targeting icon in the field of vision.

- Personalized Smartlink Safety (PSS): A smartgun equipped with this modification has the safety permanently engaged unless it is in contact with a cyberlink system that carries the proper (encrypted) serial number.

For a smartlink system to function, the basic four components or an appropriate substitute must be present. An image link or smart goggles serve as appropriate replacements for the eye display. The palm pads can be exchanged for a direct Datajack connection. A simrig can be substituted for the limited simsense rig. Either a standard or smartlink-2 ballistics processor can be used.

If a smarlink system is not entirely cybernetic (any of the above substitutions are made), the smartlink provides only a -1 bonus to ranged combat. Smartlinks only work with guns that are smartlink equipped.

Note that smartlinks do not act as a camera; they merely provide a visual indication of where the weapon is pointed. Smartlinks cannot distinguish between friends or foes.

IF a smartlink user wishes to use smartlink weapons in his second hand, he need only install a second induction pad and link it to the system already in place.

- Range Finder: The range finder can only be used with a smartlink. When used with a smartlink-2, it provides a -1 modifier to targets at long range and -2 to targets at extreme range. These modifiers are no cumulative with range modifiers provided by image magnification accessories.

When used with a smartlinked grenade launcher and air-timed mini-grenades, the range finder can auto-set the grenades to explode at a certain distance; reduce the scatter dice from 3d6 to 1d6.

- PPS: A smartgun with a personalized safety feature only works for the user possessing the specific smartlink system for which it was programmed. The gun is just a chunk of metal to anyone else. A gun can be programmed to operate for more than one system. The serial number’s Encryption rating is 8.